Why are rubbers called elastomers?

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Elastomers & their properties

Elastomers are polymers with elastic-like properties. Such polymers regain their shape when a load is removed from them.

Rubber is a natural polymer and possesses elastic properties, i.e. it gets stretched upon the application of force and regains its original shape after the force is removed.

Hence, rubbers are called elastomers.

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There is one more form of plastics known as Elastomers. This is a small group of polymers, which can be stretched and deformed at room temperature. Elastic and rubber are examples of elastomers.

does this mean that rubber is synthetic ?

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